Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) is a component of the 2002 US Farm Bill. The provision requires that fresh meat and produce be labeled as to the country of origin at retail in the United States. For a variety of reasons that have been addressed in previous research projects, (Meyer and Hayes...

The purpose of this paper is to outline the opportunities available to the Canadian retail grocery industry with regard to meat and poultry. The fresh meat and poultry department is one of the largest and fastest growing areas of the grocery store. At the same time, its potential as a point of...

The Centre's involvement in the Agri-Food Competitiveness Council and related work on competitiveness has exposed us to a multitude of issues and ideas about how to improve competitiveness. With the completion of GATT and NAFTA, a new policy environment is unfolding. To acknowledge it, we want...